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The Implementation of Tourism Communication for Developing Tourismpreneurship and Destination Branding in Cijengkol Village, Subang

Cijengkol Village in Subang Regency boasts significant local tourism potential, including the Cijengkol Seven Springs known for its water pH resembling infused water, and River Tubing, a popular activity along the upper stretch of the Ciasem river. This community service initiative aims to promote understanding of tourism entrepreneurship and destination branding, vital for harnessing local potential and enhancing regional tourist attractions. By encouraging environmental responsibility and fostering collaboration in developing regional tourism, the program seeks to empower Cijengkol Village residents. Effective tourism communication skills are seen as key to unlocking economic opportunities indirectly. The initiative addresses two main challenges: a lack of awareness regarding tourism's potential as a key sector, affecting micro, small, and medium enterprises, and underutilization of modern digital media for tourism communication. The approach involves specialized training for community members, particularly those involved in Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDES) and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Cijengkol Village. The outcome includes the formation of Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) candidates who understand a tourism vision and mission aligned with SMART goals for sustainable tourism management. Consequently, the candidates are equipped with collaborative concepts and strategies for tourism management in Cijengkol Village, serving as a foundation for future implementation.

Jordan-centric Cross-border Tourism Projects with Egypt and Saudi Arabia: An Innovative Regional Tourism Vision

This paper focuses on the possibility of cross-border tourism projects between Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, focusing on cooperative tourism tactics. The study presents a cross-border tourism project model that describes the structure for analyzing and developing cross-border tourism strategies. Cultural, historical, natural, and economic conditions are suggested to outline several project options: cultural and historical interactions based on common history, new opportunities in natural and health tourism, and enhancing economic cooperation. Thus, it is possible to state that these projects can positively affect the development of the tourism industry, preserve cultural and natural heritage, and contribute to regional economic development. Thus, the study suggests that Jordan should include cross-border tourism in its national plans and strategies, engage in diplomacy, create task forces, and obtain international funding and technical cooperation.

Rethinking or reinventing tourism? Exposing the ontological and epistemological conflicts in tourism studies literature during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT While tourism was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, scholars published articles reflecting on tourism and what should or would be tourism during and after the pandemic. Situating this corpus of tourism studies scientific discourses within the larger crisis of social science, the paper exposes through discourse analysis two poles of arguments on (re)thinking tourism or (re)inventing tourism. In the continuity of the debate between pro-growth-industry prone and pro social-community prone vision of tourism that was already happening before the pandemic, the debate on tourism during and after the pandemic is challenging the fundamentals of tourism – (re)think; and finds ways to make tourism recover-(re)invent, while not considering the possibility of no tourism. The analysis identified that while there is opposition between those two poles, there is an overlap at the confrontation of (re)think and (re)invent. This overlap doesn't solve opposition and the risk of fragmentations of the field of tourism studies, but show some possibilities of a symbiotic cohabitation.

TOURISM: A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STABILISER? THREE SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE OF TOURISM AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR TOURISM POLICY

Purpose. The miracle regarding the exceptional growth of tourism since the end of World War 2 has become a mirage with the COVID-19. However, in 2022, tourism is strongly coming back. Do we have to believe in its eternal resilience, do we not already see its limits? Tourism will not be able to develop as it is in a world threatened by climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the multiplication of inequalities.Method. The author, interviewing more than 100 experts with the Likert scale (list of questions are included in the annex at the end of the paper: the respondents/experts answered as follows: total agreement, agreement, without opinion, disagreement, total disagreement) in the world, hypothesizes that tourism can only last if it is responsible and supportive, and if it is part of progressive and territorial social - environmental policies within the globalisation in the Society World.Findings. Three scenarios describe that the situation. The first scenario, based on past trends, leads to disorder, the second scenario, too focused on simple sustainable development in an ultraliberal economy with more inequalities (gentrification) and globalisation of the economy and finance. The third scenario Towards smart tourism and a circular economy seems to be the least risky to major crises, and that it would reconcile policies for the reduction of inequality and the fight against climate change.Research conclusions and limitations. COVID-19 has accelerated the changes in the vision of tourism; it seems that the climate emergency will have even greater consequences from 2025.Originality. Our research started just before the COVID-19 (early 2020) pandemic and was conclude after the massive vaccination (summer 2022).Type of paper. Theoretical paper/prospective essay.

The Characteristic Differences between Ecological Culture and Low-carbon Tourism Cognition under the Vision of Carbon Neutrality

Ecological culture has a low-carbon attribute, which coincides with the concepts of energy conservation and emission reduction in low-carbon tourism. Analyzing the differences in the public perception of the two is of great significance for achieving the carbon neutral goal of tourism. Firstly, the views of nature, equality and ecology in ecological culture, as well as the cognition and participation willingness for low-carbon tourism were identified by using the principal component analysis method. Secondly, all samples were divided into four types of ecological culture cognition: sufficient, relatively sufficient, general and poorer, by the K-means clustering method. Thirdly, significant differences in the low-carbon tourism cognition among different types were revealed by using the ANOVA method. Finally, the influences of the main demographic characteristics on the low-carbon tourism cognition were analyzed. This analysis showed that gender, age, education level and income level had significant differences in some aspects of low-carbon tourism cognition and participation willingness, especially education level. On this basis, several corresponding strategies were put forward for managing the cognitive differences of the different types, which could contribute to the realization of the carbon neutral vision of tourism.

التنمية السياحية ومردودها الاجتماعي والاقتصادي في السودان

Aims of Tourism Development to achieve an integrated system of optimization between all natural elements and items of heritage and civilization with a view to the development of the components of the tourism product in order to attract different levels of tourists, through the introduction of various programmes and plans that aim to achieve tourism development-impact social and economic. Can formulate the problem of the study; the rectifiers provide tremendous in the field of recreation, leisure and tourism in Sudan, but that the level of activity of the tourism and socio-economic impact are still without the level of ambition. The importance of the study; the effects of competing and overlapping socially, economically and environmentally, besides, it's an opportunity to shed light on the state of Sudan lady and its cultural justification even human. As well as its importance as a sector of the economy contributes to the increase of GDP. Reflected the objectives of attracting; in the quest to identify the ingredients and potential natural and human resources and identifying patterns of Tourism available, to provide a realistic vision for tourism and the possibility of its development and its attendant environmental problems, the monitoring and analysis of economic and social changes of the population. Methodology of the study; was to use the historic house, approach use analytical, and behavioral therapy, the method of quantitative statistical. The study has several findings, the most significant; affecting respects religious, social and political tourism. Highlighted tourism cultural characteristics of groups and the Sudanese to others. Can the tourism sector that provides job opportunities to the proportion (12%) of total employment. Contributed to the tourism sector in the GDP increase is estimated (68.3) million.

REDESIGN FAMILY TOURISM VISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

This research took place at Metro as one of the local governments in Lampung Province, Indonesia. There were some main visions of development in this region: education-based, family tourism, social economic-based, and participative development. We focused on the family tourism vision of the local government to create the region as the tourism site for families. Meanwhile, there were some facts that Metro, geographically was not a large region and not many nature destinations to attract the tourists. It could be meant that there was a gap between the visions of the local government to implement the second vision. We did field study to observe and interview the related parties and reviewed some literature on tourism concept, family tourism, trend in family tourism business, and the local government policy on tourism. The result of our study show that the measurement of the regional tourism index in Metro has never been carried out, the tourism affairs is no longer completely relied on tourism business actors, but must be developed by involving all stakeholders. To sustain the tourism vision in Metro local government, it is needed to carry out tourism promotions in their regions, learning and coordinate with central government and other regions for managing the opportunity implementation on artificial tourism potential for family tourism business.

Advancing Sustainable Tourism Development and Its Contribution to Poverty Reduction and Development: Perspective from Malaysia

The role of the Malaysian government in promoting sustainable tourism is evident in the existing legal and institutional framework. There is evidence that indicate that Agenda 21 have been adopted in the national master plan. Sustainable Tourism aids in making a minimum impact on the local environment and culture as its essential tourism vision is narrower. Not only that, it helps in generating incomes and bring employment in the local communities while conserving the local ecosystems. The national ecotourism plan in Malaysia was intended to provide a general framework to assist the government in developing the country’s ecotourism potential. Under the plan, the definition of ecotourism follows that of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Ecotourism is defined as responsible travel and visitation to relatively undisturbed natural areas in order to enjoy and appreciate nature that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people. As a result, quite a number of the tourism destinations in Malaysia have been gazetted as terrestrial or marine protected areas in various categories such as forest reserves, wildlife reserves, sanctuaries, wetlands and marine parks. In order to ensure the success of the eco-tourism plans, joint efforts between the various levels of government, the private sector and the local communities were planned and carried out to maximize the economic, socio-cultural and environmental benefits it has to bring. Although Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism of Malaysia acts as a single coordinating body to spearhead the overall implementation of the National Eco tourism plan, the Ministry recognizes the imperative role of the private sector and specifies roles for all sectors of Federal, State and Local Authority, private business, NGOs and other players. The tourism industry contributed to economic development through among others, providing employment and business opportunities, infrastructure improvement and increased in foreign exchange and tax revenues. Even though Malaysia is a relatively new entrant into tourism activities as compared to its ASEAN neighbors, the industry has grown tremendously over the years. By 2020, tourism industry is a key foreign exchange earner for Malaysia, contributing to over 42% of the country’s balance of payment. The industry has provides an important source of income, employment and wealth to the country. Keywords: Sustainable tourism, Tourism development, Contribution to poverty reduction, Malaysia.

Potencial turístico, planificación participativa, diversificación del turismo de sol y playa de Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca

El artículo muestra el proceso de planificación participativa con la intención de generar elementos para estructurar y apoyar la diversificación del turismo de sol y playa de Bahías de Huatulco, situado en la costa oaxaqueña al sur de México. Esta investigación parte de un diagnóstico en los municipios aledaños del destino Bahías de Huatulco para la valoración de sus atractivos naturales y culturales, seguidamente se realizó un ejercicio participativo con los prestadores de servicios turísticos, con los comités de gestión turística de los municipios, con las autoridades municipales y la Secretaría de Turismo del estado de Oaxaca, cuyo propósito fue definir el producto turístico, la visión turística de la zona estudiada y proponer un plan estratégico. Para identificar la demanda potencial de turistas se aplicaron encuestas a turistas nacionales y extranjeros en el destino Bahías de Huatulco.

The Competitiveness of the United Arab Emirates Tourist Destination and the lessons learned in the Arab World

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It was founded on 2nd December 1971, and it celebrates its golden jubilee in 2021. Although, it is a new country, but it has proven its pioneering position in various global competitiveness indicators that leads to join the list of the top 10 countries in the world. UAE is a first-class tourist destination on the global tourism map. It has been established its global tourism position due to its tourism components, security, stability, strategic location, infrastructure, and the adoption of distinguished approaches such as tolerance, mutual respect, and good neighborliness. One of the most important factors of the UAE success as a tourist destination is the interest of monitoring and analyzing several international tourism reports to measure its tourism competitiveness in the context of its future vision. This study focuses mainly on highlighting some important points about UAE tourism such as the tourist product components, the administrative organization of tourism sector, the statistics of international tourism, the indicators of the UAE tourism competitiveness, in addition to the state’s initiatives used to support the tourism sector during the Covid-19 epidemic and the UAE competitive tourism vision. The methodology of this study is based on studying and analyzing the competitiveness indicators of the UAE tourist destination in several global competitiveness reports to identify its competitive tourist position, and to guide the other Arab countries for the best practices to develop their tourism competitiveness.

Boris Lissanevitch and Nepali Tourism: History Revisited

In the transitional phase of Nepal, attaining peoples’ democracy in the 1950, the tourism and hospitality sector witnessed dynamism. The isolated Nepal was on the way of opening for tourism. This paper tries to frame a picture of the era of 1950s in Nepal when commercial tourism was introduced. An overlooked pioneer, Boris Lissanevitch, who established the international-standard Royal Hotel in Kathmandu in 1954, assisted in making key changes in the progression of tourism as visa issuance, hospitality modernization, management of royal events, sightseeing activities, accomplishing inter-continental land cruise, and introduction of European vegetables and dishes. His vision of tourism as an economic sector led Nepal attaining its golden age (of tourism) thus paving the way for other tourism and hospitality enthusiasts to establish similar businesses. This paper aims at interpreting and appreciating the efforts Boris made in the development of tourism in Nepal among tourism scholars and stakeholders

COVID-19 – What is the Impact for Tourism as a Vehicle of SMME Development and Incentivizing Environmental Management in South Africa?

The tourism sector is regarded as a modern-day engine of growth and has significant potential to serve as a vehicle for socio-economic upliftment. Evidence also illustrates the potential that pro-poor tourism has for incentivising natural capital protection and ecosystem restoration. This paper explores the impact of the decline in global tourism, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, on incentivising environmental management. This is analysed in conjunction with emerging literature on the impact of environmental degradation on exacerbating risks of zoonotic diseases such as Covid-19. A causal loop diagram was developed to map the system and reflect its structure and functioning and capture interactions. The behaviour of the system was used to explore the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on SMME development. This informed the re-examination of the key constraints identified as currently limiting development and growth of pro-poor tourism SMMEs. The results re-emphasise the tourism sector’s vested interest in investing in the protection of natural capital and restoration of degraded ecosystems. It highlights the need for the sector to act collectively to support recovery from Covid-19, and build resilience by developing a strategic vision for tourism that is more sustainable and equitable, and balances the needs of people and the environment.

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS; PROPOSED MAPPING FOR WINE TOURISM IN GEORGIA

The research paper discusses the growing importance of rural tourism and community based development as a means of sustainable regional development. Growing number of international visitors in Georgia, as well as high agriculture dependence of local population, requires the Government to have a clear long-term strategic vision for tourism and rural development policies. Understanding of the local community role in the sustainable tourism development will enhance the decentralization processes. Experience of developed countries like Italy and German, Check republic, New Zealand, etc. shows that in the wake of the emergence of rural tourism, many countries changed and harmonized policies that reflected modification in national regulations and development strategies. The Georgia’s favorable climate and soil have historically shaped agriculture one of its most productive economic sectors. Nevertheless, nowadays the sector does not provide favorable economic benefits to the local population. As a promising component, research paper identifies rural tourism as a central stimulator for agriculture sector adding strength to a traditional poor rural economy. Analysis of various existing policy initiatives in Georgia shows urgent need for harmonization of policy documents and local community involvement.

ГАСТРОНОМІЧНИЙ ТУРИЗМ ЯК ЗАСІБ АКТИВІЗАЦІЇ ТУРИСТИЧНИХ ДЕСТИНАЦІЙ

Trends in tourism development of the XXI century suggest that one of the promising areas related to the acquaintance with the production, cooking technology and tasting of national dishes and drinks is gastronomic tourism. The concept of forming a tourist product in the form of a gastronomic or culinary tour combines economic, social and cultural values of the territory, covers the climate, traditional agriculture and crafts, art, national customs, traditions and life. That is, gastronomic tourism fully contributes to the development of the tourism sector and is a means of activating the tourist destination. The article deals with the directions of gastronomic tourism development as a means of activating tourist destinations and supporting national producers through the integration of gastronomic tourism into local event resources. The relevance of these issues is determined by the lack of a holistic understanding of the concept of gastronomic tourism, the imperfection of existing recommendations and conclusions on its formation. The purpose of the article is to study the features of gastronomic tourism as a means of enhancing the development of tourism. The article determines that the basis of gastronomic tourism is the features of regional cuisine and culinary traditions of the tourist destination. The scientific novelty of the research results is the deepening of theoretical approaches to the study of gastronomic tourism - a new direction of cultural and cognitive tourism, which is relevant to combine with eco-tourism, tourism in protected areas, rural green tourism. After all, the latter have a large stock of cultural, culinary, authentic traditions that should be revived and developed. Gastronomic tours will form a new vision of tourism in the context of destination development. The article notes that from the point of view of organizing tourist activities, gastronomic tourism includes not only acquaintance with local cuisines of the region, original technologies of local food organization, culinary processes and food traditions, acquaintance with local products, but also the opportunity for tourists to participate in cooking. national dishes, visiting culinary festivals, various types of tastings and competitions. Key words: gastronomic tourism, culinary tour, gastronomic tour, regional cuisine, local product, authenticity, environmental friendliness, event resources

Agro-tourism in Nepal: A Rural Development Perspective

This library based paper presents potentiality of agro-tourism in Nepal from rural development perspective. In doing so, focuses are given to fundamentals and management of agro-tourism as well as interface between agro-tourism and rural development. This paper argues that agro-tourism not only emphasizes on good health and environment protection but also creates economic opportunities to the poor farmers, unemployed youths and women. That is why Tourism Vision 2020, Tourism Policy 2007 and National Tourism Strategy Paper (2018-34) have given more focused on rural tourism in general and agro-tourism in particular. However, there are many challenges such as proper management of agro-tourism farms, road accessibility, better health care facilities and evidence based policies related to organic farming and agro-tourism marketing. Finally, this paper suggests performing different activities such as garden visit, harvesting and farm stay, farm restaurants, leisure fishing, highway landscape, agro-diversity conservation and marketing of local organic products for developing and promoting agro-tourism in more potential destinations.

Can tourism lead competitive and sustainable development now and in the near future in Colombia?

This text presents a synthesis of the main results of a research project called “2030: a vision of tourism in Colombia”, whose central objective was to make a comprehensive assessment of tourism and to contribute guidelines and critical reflections on Colombia’s tourism policy and development. A major challenge was identified: how to achieve tourism while at the same time reducing social inequity and improving quality of life for the host communities of the zones that concurrently have the highest levels of environmental biodiversity and culture, and of poverty. If tourism in Colombia continues on its recent development pathway that is stimulated by external and unplanned factors, unsustainable scenarios are highly likely to emerge.

Buen Vivir: Degrowing extractivism and growing wellbeing through tourism

Buen Vivir (BV) is a holistic vision for social and environmental wellbeing, which includes alternative economic activities to the neoliberal growth economy. This article looks at how tourism initiatives under a BV approach can lead to degrowth by drawing on a case study of how BV is put into practice through tourism in the Cotacachi County in Ecuador. We argue that by degrowing socially and environmentally damaging extractive sectors and growing alternative economic activities like community-based tourism, a BV approach could increase social and environmental wellbeing. We refer to LaTouche’s notion of degrowth as a matrix of multiple alternatives that will reopen the space for human creativity. This complements the notion of BV as a plural approach, and in turn works to decolonise the parameters of how we might understand degrowth. In the case of Cotacachi, the vision for tourism is based on the needs of the community, rather than to satisfy a Eurocentric ideal of development supported by a policy of extractivism. BV is key to how this community conceptualises the potentialities of tourism because it considers the wellbeing of the people and the environment. In this case, degrowth is a consequence of BV, rather than the objective.

El Turismo como objeto de estudio y campo de actuación profesional: Un tema de identidad

En los últimos años mucho se ha discutido sobre si el turismo es o no una ciencia, discusión que hoy por hoy resulta más que inútil, vana, ya que es indiscutible que en la denominada “realidad concreta”, esto es el mundo que nos rodea, y que tangible o intangiblemente los seres humanos podemos percibir, entender e intentar explicar a efectos de acometer su manipulación y transformación a través de lo que se conoce como ciencia. El presente artículo de análisis reflexivo busca apuntalar dicha postura, de que efectivamente el turismo es una ciencia (turismología) cuyo objeto de estudio es precisamente el turismo como epifenómeno complejo sumamente dinámico, constituido en cinco niveles de análisis y aproximación (hecho, actividad, proceso, sistema y fenómeno). Situación que resulta esencialmente clave para entender su articulación a niveles superiores de formación en el ámbito de lo universitario, así como de cara al ejercicio profesional efectivo de ese neo profesional que el mundo actual ha dado en llamar “turismólogo”, cuya identidad profesional aún se debate entre las marismas de una visión reduccionista del turismo como servicios y negocios, a nivel de proceso; y no como el hombre de ciencia, y/o profesional superior que hoy el mundo reclama.

The co-creation of diverse values and paradigms in small values-based tourism firms

ABSTRACTAlthough small firms characterise the tourism sector, there is currently insufficient critical understanding of firms that do not define themselves in commercial terms but through the non-profit values they pursue and the ethical vision they are committed to. This paper refers to such firms with the expression ‘values-based’ and examines their co-creation of diverse values and paradigms. Through a social constructionist perspective, the research designs a qualitative narrative approach based on a number of lightly guided interviews with the owner-managers of small Italian tour operators: all members of the Italian Association of Responsible Tourism, committed to an ethical vision of tourism, and operating in developing countries. The study implements a narrative analysis that reveals common patterns in the way participants make sense of their driving values and co-create – together with their collaborators, partners and customers – an ethical vision of tourism and driving-values in respect to global challenges. The paper proposes a critical stance on how small values-based tourism firms understand and narrate the process of co-creating diverse values and paradigms. This study challenges several assumptions about how non-commercially oriented firms contribute to co-creating alternative values and paradigms in tourism with regards to development, growth, citizenship and entrepreneurship.

Between Tourism and Ecology : Review of Political Policy Commitments on Ecotourism Development in Bangka Belitung

Tourism and ecology are two important issues in regional development planning in Bangka Belitung. As an archipelago that has a productive tin mining area, environmental damage is an important issue. Not only because of the impact of damages due to mining, but the dimensions of tourism which are important sectors in this area are also affected. In recent years, local governments in the Bangka Belitung region are focusing on working on the issue of tourism by relying on the ecotourism sector as an important alternative to post-mining. This study explores how political policies are arranged in regional planning documents. The research method used was descriptive qualitative by examining the regional medium-term development planning documents in 6 districts, 1 city, and 1 provincial government in Bangka Belitung. This study found 4 things. First, that none of the regional governments listed the vision of tourism and only 1 region that included an ecological vision. Secondly, the study found that there was only one government that made the issue of tourism in the development mission and only 3 regions mentioned the ecological mission, the rest only mentioned implicitly. Third, each region places tourism and ecological issues as two different programs, not considered an issue that must be managed synergistically. Fourth, almost all regional planning documents mention tourism and ecology as regional strategic issues, but they are not balanced with a strong vision, mission, and work program as a translation. Fifth, only 4 out of 8 regions have made the issue of developing ecotourism a regional strategic issue even though it has not been followed by a strong design development in development planning. In the end, this study concluded that tourism and ecology had not been placed optimally in planning documents politically.